Warplanes target the vicinity of the biggest oilfield in Syria in the east of Deir Ezzor with the continued and violent clashes in the city

Deir Ezzor province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights :: The regime forces shelled areas in the towns of Al-Asharah, Al-Quriyah and Mahkan in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, while warplanes carried out heavy airstrikes targeting areas in Al-ShHil town and other areas in the vicinity of Al-Omar oil field and other places in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, while clashes are taking place between the regime forces and their allied militiamen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of ISIS in areas in the city of Deir Ezzor in an attempt by the regime forces to advance in the area and control more sites, which are under the control of the organization, and the clashes are accompanied by shelling of the regime forces and raids carried out by warplanes on the organization-held areas in the city during the past hours, and there is information about more human losses in the ranks of both parties.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the regime forces managed to achieve further advancement inside the city of Deir Ezzor, through controlling the neighborhoods of Al-Kanamat, Al-Khasarat and the Old Airport, and half of Hawija Kata, with a cover of violent and intensive shelling, while the regime forces are still attacking in other areas after this latest control operation, where the regime forces are approaching to end the presence of ISIS in Deir Ezzor city after they managed to fully besiege the organization-held areas in the city from the four sides.

With this advancement of the regime forces, the areas controlled by ISIS are declining in the city of Deir Ezzor city, and the regime forces have controlled 92.3% of the area of Deir Ezzor city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime forces started a violent attack, in the city, and the attack concentrated on Al-Rasafa, Al-Ommal and al-Sena’aa neighborhoods, as the regime forces are seeking to end the presence of the organization inside the neighborhoods of Deir Ezzor city, after they managed to impose a full siege over the controlled areas of ISIS in the city from the four directions.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored during this continuous battle that the regime forces managed to recover tens of cities, towns, villages, farms and areas, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented that the regime forces recovered 52 villages, towns and cities at least, the biggest is Al-Mayadin city, in the eastern and the north- western countryside of Deir Ezzor, its western desert, and the eastern banks of the Euphrates River opposite Deir Ezzor city, and the regime forces managed to end the presence of ISIS from the administrative border of Al-Raqqah, to Al-Mayadin desert in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and the north-western countryside of Deir Ezzor with the parts extended from Deir Ezzor city to Al-Mayadin area in the eastern countryside, as well as the area extended from the banks opposite Deir Ezzor Military Airbase to the banks opposite the city, became free of ISIS, and the most important of these areas are Al-Mayadin, Beqres, Muhassan, Al-Bomar, Al-Boleel, Al-Shawla, Kabajib, Marrat, Mazlum, Hatla, Al-Kharita, Al-Tabani, Ma’dan, Attiq, Al-Tareeq, Al-Shmaytiyyah, Ayyash, Al-Mery’iyyah and Al-Jafrah.

This wide advancement by the regime forces also enabled them to besiege the organization inside a number of areas that are still controlled by it in Deir Ezzor city, while it helped in widen the scope of the regime’s control over the banks of the Euphrates River greatly, in which the area controlled by the regime forces on the banks of the Euphrates River has increased from 2 km before the arrival of the regime forces to Deir Ezzor city, and lifting the siege which was carried out on 3 stages the first was to lift the siege on the Brigade 137, then lifting the siege of Deir Ezzor Military Airport and the bloc of neighborhoods related to it, and the third stage was to reach the western entrance of Deir Ezzor city at the area of Panorama area after taking the control of Damascus – Deir Ezzor road, to about 150 km inside Deir Ezzor province.